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According to the German architect of the bunker underneath Saddam's
main presidential palace in Baghdad, the Iraqi leader can withstand
anything save a direct hit with a nuclear bomb -- as long he stays
within its walls.

Interior Minister Wan Muhamad Nor Mattha yesterday voiced concern at rumours that Muslims from the south were joining up to fight in Iraq, saying that while he could not ban anyone from going, the situation in Iraq was extremely dangerous and that there were better ways to help the Iraqi people.

A California appellate court ruling could lead to a trial against Unocal Corp. over allegations that it shares responsibility for abuses allegedly conducted by troops guarding a pipeline project in Myanmar.

It is difficult for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, WMD, to become a threat on Kuwait especially after coalition troops have entered Iraqi territories, deputy commander of the US-British land forces, Maj Gen Albert Whitely said in an interview published yesterday.

British High Commission here has suspended one of its officials for his alleged involvement in a visa racket in Sri Lanka, even as a police team from London began probing the case, press reports said here today.